RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Denny Hamlin received the race off pit street with Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. just after a caution with two laps to go and received in extra time at Richmond Raceway on Sunday night time.
Truex dominated the 2nd 50 % of the NASCAR Cup Collection race and seemed poised to maintain off challenges by Joey Logano and Hamlin for the remaining two laps when Kyle Larson obtained nudged from guiding on the entrance straightaway and skidded into the infield, causing the caution.
Hamlin’s victory was his next this time, the fifth of his career at what he considers his dwelling track, and the 53rd of his occupation, but it still left Truex unsatisfied with quite a few drivers associated.
“He jumped the restart,” Truex stated of Hamlin, who began the restart on the inside of.
The victory pulled the 4 Gibbs Toyota groups even with the 4 Chevrolet teams from Hendrick Motorsports with 3 victories each and every by 7 races.
Larson, who won this race past yr, hardly defeat Truex off pit highway for the duration of green flag stops with 65 laps to go, but Truex immediately caught him and pulled away as he had a lot of moments earlier.
Logano, who started out the race 22nd in points with just one particular major 10 complete, worked his way into the lead pack in the next 50 percent, tried out to operate down Hamlin in the two-lap dash to the finish and was 2nd, followed by Larson and Truex.
The race was delayed for about 30 minutes at the begin mainly because of rain, and the autos circled the monitor for quite a few laps hoping to enable dry the track right before the green flag flew. They also ran the opening 30 laps on treaded tires intended for wet situations in advance of switching to racing slicks.
The opposition caution after 30 laps also was non-competitive, indicating the motorists still left pit highway in the same situation they were functioning when the warning arrived out.
A spin by Daniel Suarez on lap 64 brought out another caution, and NASCAR made a decision to complete the 70-lap very first stage under caution, building Larson the phase winner. NASCAR also despatched the observe drying automobiles down pit street once more hoping to dry out the pit containers for security causes.
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The series completes its shorter track swing in Virginia subsequent Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.
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